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Casey Stoner happy with first day at Jerez

17 March, 2020

Casey Stoner set the record straight on the first day of IRTA testing with a flying lap on his final run of the day at the Jerez circuit and strangely enough for the Australian he actually did a good number…

Yamaha's 'super team' all warm and fuzzy in Indonesia

17 March, 2020

Today’s press conference in Indonesia to launch the new Yamaha Semakin Di Depan logo and part of Yamaha Racing’s PR tour, was the first time that Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi officially appeared in public as team mates, and the…

Mick Doohan inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame

17 March, 2020

Mick Doohan was one of several athletes that was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame last Thursday evening in a lavish 25th anniversary gala dinner in Melbourne.Doohan, who last year he opened a nightclub the CatHouse Restaurant and…

Monster Energy Logo on Valentino Rossi's Helmet

17 March, 2020

With yesterday’s official 2009 FIAT Yamaha launch we also saw Valentino Rossi’s helmet with the distinctive Monster Energy three-scratch âMâ logo.Monster and acid green ‘M’ is on the chin bar of the helmet and the decal is also the sides…

MotoGP Le Mans: Casey Stoner on top in FP3 despite crash

17 March, 2020

Despite the forecast had called for rain at Le Mans, the weather gods remained lenient for this morning’s final free practice, which saw the usual and soon-to-be pensioner, Casey Stoner on top of the timesheets posting a best lap of…

2012 KTM 690 Duke details

17 March, 2020

The KTM 690 Duke is getting some new developments for the 2012 model year, among which are changes which should make it even more powerful. In a pre-production first ride, MCN says the world’s most powerful single-cylinder bike will be…

Sanremo Story: Giorgio Faletti – Signor Tenente

17 March, 2020

Last week we talked at length about the new edition of the Festival of Sanremo; today we’ll get a closer look at the 1994 edition when Aleandro Baldi won with a beautiful song called Passerà or It Will Pass. It…

Two Girls Motorcycle Stunt Goes Bad

17 March, 2020

These two girls are really pretty good at what they do and while accidents do happen while training and performing, these girls just don’t have the right safety riding gear on to do motorcycle stunts, unless you think that the…

Illegal motorcycle street racing may equal death penalty in China

17 March, 2020

Every country has their own traffic laws, but China has just upped their own laws, making them even harsher, so imitating Fast and Furious or Biker Boyz along their city streets could result not only in a jail sentence, but…

Sanremo festival fashion: Roberto Cavalli to dress Elisabetta Canalis

17 March, 2020

At the upcoming song contest festival which will take place in Sanremo next February, Elisabetta Canalis will wear a series of gowns specially created for her by Roberto Cavalli. The news did not come as a surprise at all since…

Alex de Angelis completes Ducati GP13 test at Misano

17 March, 2020

Alex de Angelis will be replacing Ben Spies in the Laguna Seca GP round later this month, and he joined Ducati MotoGP riders Nicky Hayden, Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone, and Ducati Alstare’s Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini who are…

John Hopkins to skip Donington Park round

17 March, 2020

John Hopkins is another rider will be missing this weekend’s World Superbike round at Donington Park. The Crescent Fixi Suzuki rider suffered a high speed crash at Monza when he hit one of the wet patches at the Parabolica (the…

New Marco Simoncelli tribute helmets by AGV

17 March, 2020

AGV has released a new updated version of a GP-Tech Marco Simoncelli tribute helmet and have also added a jet model that the Italian manufacturer has produced, in agreement with his family, to commemorate the late champion.The 2011 version had…

Triumph Tiger Sport 1050, Speed Triple SE and Bonneville Special LE to show up at the MotoDays 2013 in Rome

17 March, 2020

Triumph will be at 2013 Motodays exhibition in Rome (March 7-10) to introduce the Italian crowd market to the new Tiger Sports 1050 cc and two Limited Editions of its charming Bonneville. All eyes will obviously be on the Tiger…

WSBK Valencia Race 1 and 2 Video Highlights

17 March, 2020

If you were unlucky enough to miss the third round of the World Superbike Championship at Valencia, we’ve go two video highlights of the races that will tide you over until you find someplace on the Internet to download the…

Marco Simoncelli to Replace Nakano at Imola?

17 March, 2020

Surprising news is coming from Motosprint according to the Italian website 2250cc rider Marco Simoncelli seems to have accepted Aprilia Racing Team offer to race in this Sunday’s WSBK round at Imola.Simoncelli has previously tested the Aprilia RSV4 Factory last…

MotoGP, Sachsenring: the paddock girls

17 March, 2020

Well, this time around we are a little late than usual, but rest assured that what we have come up with was definitely worth the wait. Here is a collection of 66 pictures starring some of the most beautiful ladies…

Video: 54 people on a Royal Enfield

17 March, 2020

Squished like sardines in a can, India’s Army motorcycle stunt members set the the new World record for the number of people on a single motorcycle.Fifty-four members of the elite group, the Tornado’s, rode a 500cc Royal Enfield, beating their…

New Garelli Outlet for scooter range

17 March, 2020

Garelli Outlet is a new sales channel from Garelli that will distribute the company’s scooters. Garelli Outlet points differentiate themselves from the traditional network because they distribute two specific product ranges. Scooters sold through the outlets, found in major distribution…

Ducati shoe design: Fila Ducati Monster shoes

17 March, 2020

These Ducati shoes are a design concept from Olivier Henrichot and can be found on the Coroflot site. The Fila Ducati Monster Shoe concept rendering takes style elements from the bike, including the tube frame and tank shape.The other Monster-inspired…

Celebrating 150 years of Italian cuisine: dishes with the Italian flag

17 March, 2020

Italian cooking tradition is about as varied as they come: from north to south, the famous peninsula offers just about everything. Even the most famous Italian cuisine overseas has a local tradition from somewhere in the Bel Paese. In fact,…

Ioda Racing TR002 Moto3 racer

17 March, 2020

Last Sunday saw Nico Terol take the title of last 125cc championship at Valencia and now those beautiful two strokes are being retired and replaced by the new Moto3 class with 4-stroke 250cc race machines.Of the several teams that showcased…

World Supersport: Chaz Davies wins in multiple red flagged race

17 March, 2020

Luca Scassa’s seemingly unstoppable charge in the World Supersport championship was brought to a halt in yesterday’s very dramatic, twice red flagged race at Assen, that saw Chaz Davies prevail admist the chaos.The race was marred by two horrific crashes.…

Bimota TB-1 675 by Oberdan Bezzi

17 March, 2020

We haven’t checked out an Oberdan Bezzi vision for a while, so here’s a look at his Bimota TB-1 675 motorcycle design effort. The Bimota model is designed to be a competitor to the new MV Agusta F3 - providing…

WSBK Testing: Pics & Quotes

17 March, 2020

Patience friends, the long wait is almost over and the new World Superbike season is just around corner and we’ve got some rider quotes and pics from yesterday’s official tests at Phillip Island and we’ll let you decifer who’s got…